Mom Opens Up About The 'Dark Sinking Feeling' Of Postpartum Depression

A New York mom held nothing back while discussing her battle with postpartum depression. In a post on the Facebook page Love What Matters, Rachael Burow opened up about experiencing postpartum depression after the birth of her son, 4-month-old Isaiah. The mom from Buffalo, New York, gave heartbreaking descriptions of how anxiety and depression made her feel. “Have you ever felt that dark sinking feeling?” she wrote. “Like weights holding you down beneath water? Like your heart being ripped out of your chest? Like your stomach dropping? I felt all that and it changed me.” Burow told The Huffington Post that postpartum depression was “one of the scariest things” she’s ever experienced. She said the anxiety she felt led her to make up “terrible scenarios” happening to her son to the point where should would make herself sick with worry. She also thought of different scenarios involving her death. “I remember driving home from work to pick up my son one day and I was driving really fast on the highway,” she told HuffPost. “I drove past this big metal sign and remember just having the urge to crash into it. But it was almost like something pinched me to stop me from thinking that. I quickly remembered that I was on my way to pick up my son.” The mom said these “selfish and messed up thoughts” made her realize that something was wrong and that she needed to seek help for the sake of...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news